There is one thing of which you may be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN: Adobe is a very large corporation with a team of copyright lawyers on call, if not on staff. If GIMP was, in any way, a copy, those working on it would get a “cease and desist” order faster than you can type “copyright.” They have not.
And as a former Photoshop user who now uses GIMP exclusively, I can testify under oath that it is not a copy, by any so-called "definition.” Such definitions are entirely specious—or you can use the short form: Horse feathers! Sorry for the rant, but this sort of thing pisses me off. Ross > On Mar 6, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-user-list > <gimp-user-list@gnome.org> wrote: > > Hello there, > > We have a few entries in the FAQ that cover this topic starting here: > > https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#are-you-trying-to-develop-a-photoshop-killer-app > > Given how many people complain that we "don't just copy Photoshop", I > dare say the suggested definition of a Photoshop knock-off falls flat > on its face :) > > Alex > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:01 AM TheComputerGuy via gimp-user-list > <gimp-user-list@gnome.org> wrote: >> >> I'm being told GIMP is a knockoff of Photoshop rather than an alternative >> because "it fits the definition". Is this true or not? >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org >> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
